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Shimla: Four candidates each are left in the fray for Rohroo and Jawali assembly seats of Himachal Pradesh where by-election is scheduled for November 7.

Two independent candidates withdrew their papers for Rohroo seat in Shimla on the last day of withdrawal today, chief electoral officer Anil Kumar Kachi said.

By-election to Rohroo and Jawali in Kangra district is taking place due to vacancy created by Union steel minister Virbhadra Singh and BJP MP from Kangra Rajan Sushant after their election to Lok Sabha.

Chaudhary Baldev Raj of BJP and Sujan Singh Pathania of Congress are contesting from Kangra. BJP's Khushi Ram Balnatah and Congress' Manjit Singh Thakur are facing each other in Rohroo.

The results would be announced on November 10.

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